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GARMENT AND CARRYING DEVICE ATTACHED THERETO.

No. 322,844. Patented July 21, 1885.

INVENTORSI WITNESSES:

ATTORNEYv N PETERS. Phmrrljlhagnphen Washington, 04 a EINTTED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

HENRY L. MYERS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND JOHN V7. ROGERS, OFCAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

GARMENT AND CARRYING DEVICE ATTACHED THERETO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No;322,844, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed February 6, 1884.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY L. MYERS, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the or grip in operativeposition.

city and county of Philadelphia,State of Pennsylvania, and JOHN W.ROGERS, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and countyof Camden, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Garments and Carrying Devices Attached Thereto, whichimprovement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the inside of acoat embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a View of the coat bundled,showing the carrying device Fig. 3 is a view on a reduced scale, showingthe steps in the operation of forming the coat into a bundle andlocating the carrying device.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

Our invention consists of a novel bundling and carrying device for agarment, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a coat of the order of a duster,and B one of the pockets thereof, depending as usual on the inside.

0 represents a flap attached to the bottom of the pocket, and D Drepresent flaps attached to the sides of said pocket near the bottom, itbeing evident that the flaps O D may be integral portions of the pocket.

E represents a strap-handle or grip, which is sewed, as at a, to thebottom of the pocket on the side adjacent to the skirt of the coat, andhas button-holes 12 formed in its ends. To the pocket near the upper endon the side adjacent to the skirt are secured buttons 0, so disposedthat said buttons 0 may pass through button-holes c in the flap G. Theends of the handle or grip E may be connected with said A buttons 0, andthe ends of the flaps G D may be connected with the button 6, as will behereinafter more fully stated.

The coat is folded in the longitudinal direction-in the present case inthree widths along the dotted lines (I, and nearly in half along thedotted line e-the halves then being placed to gether, the pocket withattachments being left at one end thereof, as shown in Fig. 3. The

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folds are then formed into a roll, the rolling being continued over thepocket, the pocket coiling around the roll, and is thus on the eX-terior. The flaps D are then turned over on the roll, thus inclosing theends thereof, and the flap 0 turned over the flaps D, the flaps beingbuttoned, as at 0, whereby they are prevented from opening orseparating. The handle or grip E is now in position at what is the topof the bundle, and its ends are attached to the button 0, whereby thegarment may be readily carried by said handle or grip, as shown in Fig.2, it being seen that the bundle is compact and presents the appearanceof a bag or satchel, and the handle is securely attached in position, asit'is stitched to the flap O and has its ends fastened to the buttons 0,which latter are passed through the buttonholes 0, and likewise connectthe flap 0 with the top of the pocket as rolled, and also connect theouter folds of the roll. When the flaps are unbuttoned, the coat may beunrolled, so as to perform its usual service, and the flaps may bepinned or buttoned together or remain opened out and pinned or buttonedto the skirt of the coat.

It is evident that the invention is applicable to other coats thandusters such as waterproofs or gossamers and overcoats generally, aswell as to other garments.

Where a pocket does not exist in a coat, a piece of fabric may besecured to the coat, the flaps, &c., being attached thereto, the effectbeing the same as that previously stated.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. A pocket of a garment provided with a flap connected with one endthereof and flaps connected with the sides of the same, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. A pocket of a garment having a flap,buttoning devices, and ahandle-strap, said'flap and strap being at the bottom of the pocket,whereby, when the garment is formed into a roll, the pocket and flap arecoiled around the same and the flap buttoned to the pocket,the handlestrap being presented for carrying purposes, substantially as and forthe purpose set forth. v

3. A pocket of a garment, in combination with flaps attached to thesides thereof and a handle-strap, whereby the garment may be rolledwithin the pocket, the sides ,of the roll covered by said flaps, and thebundle as formed carried by said strap, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

4. A pocket of a garment, in combination with a flap attached thereto atone end, flaps attached to the sides of said pocket, and a handle-strapattached to said end flap, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

5. A garment having a pocket with buttons 0 c, a flap with a button-holeattached to the end of the pocket, flaps with button-holes attached tothe sides of the pocket and a han- I 5 dle-strap attached to the endflap with buttonholes I) in its ends, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

HENRY L. MYERS. JOHN W. ROGERS.

\Vitnesses J OHN A. WIEDERsI-IEIM, W. F. KIROHER.

